Parsing the Gettysburg Address

As far as I know, Garry Wills is the only author to win a Pulitzer Prize for writing about the Gettysburg Adddress.

It’s fitting, then, that we invoke an ESSAY BY WILLS in our observance of today’s 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s historic speech:

Lincolnís speech at Gettysburg worked several revolutions, beginning with one in literary style. [Edward] Everettís talk was given at the last point in history when such a performance could be appreciated without reservation. It was made obsolete within a half hour of the time when it was spoken. Lincolnís remarks anticipated the shift to vernacular rhythms ...

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As far as I know, Garry Wills is the only author to win a Pulitzer Prize for writing about the Gettysburg Adddress.

It’s fitting, then, that we invoke an ESSAY BY WILLS in our observance of today’s 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s historic speech:

Lincolnís speech at Gettysburg worked several revolutions, beginning with one in literary style. [Edward] Everettís talk was given at the last point in history when such a performance could be appreciated without reservation. It was made obsolete within a half hour of the time when it was spoken. Lincolnís remarks anticipated the shift to vernacular rhythms ...

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